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CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 004 (P382528)

Literary tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 10522

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [lud-lul _en_] ne-me-qi2 _dingir_ [...]
2. [e-zi-iz] mu-szi mu-pa-sz2-szir3# [...]
3. [{d}marduk] _en_ ne2-me-qi2 [...]
4. [e-zi]-iz mu-szi mu-pa-asz2-szir3 ur-ri
5. [sza2 ki-ma ] u4-me me-he-e [na]-mu-u ug-gat-su
6. [u3] ki#-i ma-nit# sze!-ri [za]-aq-szu2 _du10-ga_
7. uz#-zu-usz#-szu la mah-ri a-bu-bu ru-ub-szu2
8. [mu]-us#-sah-hir2 ka-ra#-su ka-bat-ta-szu2 ta-a-a-rat#
9. [sza2] nag#-be _szu-mesz_-szu2 la i-na-asz2-szu-u sza2-ma-'u
10. [rit]-tusz# rab#-bat# u2-ka-asz2-szu2 mi-tu#
  single ruling
11. [{d}marduk] sza nag-be _szu-mesz_-szu2 la i-na-szu2-u sza2-ma#-'u#
12. [...] x rit-ta-szu2 u2-ka-asz2-szu2 mi#-[tu]
13. [...] x [x x] up#-ta#-at#-ta-a [...]
reverse
  broken

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: LKA, 24

    [Ebeling1953LKA] Ebeling, Erich. 1953. Literarische Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

  • history: Iraq 64 (pp. 237-245), 239

    [Horowitz2002Iraq64] Horowitz, Wayne, and Wilfred G. Lambert. 2002. “A New Exemplar of Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi Tablet I from Birmingham.” Iraq 64: 237–45.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text I:N

    [Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: VAT 10522
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-25 at 13:26:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-02-22 at 18:33:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-20 at 09:36:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-19 at 12:31:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-01-31 at 17:17:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-02-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Tinney, Stephen J. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 002701.01, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P382528.
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P382528). (2024, July 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P382528 (Original work published 2008)
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P382528 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 25},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.01, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P382528},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P382528},
}


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